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EL ÉXITO VIRAL DE 'SURE THING' DE MIGUEL

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El que fuera single de su primer álbum de estudio (‘All I Want Is You’) está experimentando un gran éxito viral y ha provocado que vuelva a entrar en el Billboard Hot 100.  Casi trece años después de su lanzamiento, ‘Sure thing’ de Miguel inunda Tiktok. Extraído de su primer proyecto, el sencillo se conforma a partir de la metáfora de que Miguel complementará y acompañará siempre a su amada ( If you be the cash, I’ll be the rubber band’ ). La sucesión de metáforas abarca desde lo más directo al más poético estribillo. La versión que inunda Tiktok es la sped up , como se está poniendo de moda en la plataforma y que se conecta con el creciente gusto por el nightcore . Muestra de ello es que se haya colado en el top100 de spotify la versión sped up de ‘ Escapism ’ , la versión del exitoso single de Raye ( ft 070 Shake) .  En el vídeo vemos a un Miguel enfundado en una gabardina de cuero, marcándose unos pasos de baile (intentando buscar su estilo artístico) con unas gafas de sol, que casi

DISCOVER ENNY AND HER DEBUT PROJECT, 'UNDER 25'.

  The South East Londoner released last month her debut project, Under 25.  In less than two years of releases, Enny has gained the public's and critics attention with her social lyrics. Since the beginning, she has stated what she fights for: Racism,Gentrification, Feminism...There's nothing she won't talk about.  The best example may be the powerful  'Peng Black Girls ', an anthem for diversity and respect for Black women. This song caught Jorja Smith 's attention and made her sign Enny to her record label FAMM. Unlike most rappers of her generation, Enny rarely delivers her message with aggressiveness. Some rappers rely on flexing and lyrics about showing-off to fight for change,but that's not Enny's case. She doesn't need to. Her power and truth is on the lyrics and message. That's why Enny's delivery is calm, only emphasized by some hand movements.  Her latest single ( Keisha's & Brenda's ) is also a symbol of Enny's soci

JORJA SMITH'S 'BE RIGHT BACK' REVIEW. THE RED CHAPTER IS FOR BROKEN PASSION.

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Last month Jorja Smith released ' Be Right Back' , a project with eight songs that follows up her debut album (' Lost & Found '). The collection forgets her 2019 hit ,  Be Honest,  and Come Over, both with a more Jamaican sound, with reggae and dancehall influences.  The visuals for this chapter, alongside with the cover, are always framed by the colour red, which is the star of the cover for the album.  Red is the usual colour for passion or love, but ,in this record, it seems  bittersweet  and incomplete . Be Right Back starts with Addicted , full of Jorja's  delicious bare vocals. It was the first single released from the mini-album and it focuses on the realization after a break-up, with Jorja singing frankly after giving all in a relationship 'The hardest thing / You are not addicted to me/ I'm the only thing you should need'. The track includes soul production and alt-rock guitars that reminded me of part of John Mayer's solo in Fran

H.E.R. ESTABLISHES A NEW DIRECTION WITH DJ KHALED'S 'WE GOING CRAZY' (FT. MIGOS)

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 Dj Khaled dropped a new album almost two weeks ago ( Khaled Khaled ) , filled with famous collaborators (Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Post Malone, Meghan Thee Stallion...). The third track on the project is We Going Crazy (ft. H.E.R. and Migos). It is the first release for the R&B singer since she received the Oscar for Best Original Song ( Fight For You from Judas and the Black Messiah ) and it consolidates the more urban direction H.E.R's career is taking.  H.E.R. gained popularity in 2017, with her single Focus, with smooth , soothing vocals and shimmering production. In 2017 she featured on Daniel Caesar's Best Part , which won a Grammy for Best R&B Performance and made both artists the face of a new trend of r&b, that was cleaner than the common contemporary and urban R&B , gave importance to soulful vocals and relied on more classic instrumentation.  In 2018, she received five nominations to the Grammys and ended up wining two (the one for Best Par

MIGUEL RETURNS WITH THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR 'FUNERAL', RELEASED ALMOST A YEAR AGO

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 Miguel has dropped today the music video for 'Funeral', a song that was released on last year's November first - yes you  heard it right.  The song did not have so much success and it was, supposedly, the lead single for an EP, set to be released last winter. The track is dark. Miguel is  not afraid of connecting religion and death  references with desire. You can feel a bit of rawness ('blood on the carpet'). Maybe it is the darkness what has not helped to pop the song. Miguel had previously talked or added religious references in the past, as in Wildheart (whose review you can read by clicking on 'album reviews'), like in'Coffee' ('two lost angels discover salvation').  Despite the song can sound different from Miguel's previous work, we still have vibrant vocals in the pre-chorus. 'I lost my mind' - Miguel sings and that madness is patent on the video too, shot in black and white, it does not need more effects to surprise. It